{"title":"ILANA ZWESCHI | LOOK UPON THIS BODY AS A MACHINE | ADVANCE PREVIEW","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeptemer 3 - 19, 2026\u003cbr\u003eOpening First Thursday, September 3, 6 - 8 pm\u003cbr\u003eArtist in Attendance\u003cbr\u003eArtist Talk, Saturday, September 5, 12 pm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThrough hand-written algorithms, I connect a painted visual language with the direct language of a text document. One letter equates to one brushstroke, directing its color and quantity, while an underlying \"seed image\" guides the algorithm toward organic shapes. Different zones across the canvas follow different rules, creating a dynamic composition.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor this series, I introduced a new seed image source: a children's drawing toy running on a simple computer program, capable of drawing one of 100 preloaded images by sliding in a card. I directed a random number generator to choose which card the toy would draw as well as its placement on a grid corresponding to the painting. These marks influenced the large shapes and random deviations in otherwise predictable lines.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe texts I work from are official documents — societal relics that trace a link between objectification and violence — and the paintings accumulate their language stroke by stroke.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe flowers conceptually connect the ideas in the text to the use of algorithms. Realistically rendered and planted within the otherwise abstract and repetitive marks, they hold visual weight. They quietly remind us that algorithms exist in nature and that our divide between nature and culture is a false one. When we relate to nature as a machine to be used, a resource to be extracted, we extend the same objectifying logic that drives violence against bodies to the entire ecosystem.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan\u003e—Ilana Zweschi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor a listing of more available work and biographical information, please visit Ilana Zweschi's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ilana Zweschi | Main Page\" href=\"https:\/\/fosterwhite.com\/collections\/ilana-zweschi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eprimary page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on our website.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bau-xi.co\/seattle\/Zweschi%20CV.pdf\" title=\"Ilana Zweschi CV at Foster\/White Gallery Seattle WA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIlana Zweschi CV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0457\/1833\/9735\/collections\/Zweschi_Cull_cropped_thumbnail.jpg?v=1782596036","url":"https:\/\/fosterwhite.com\/collections\/ilana-zweschi-look-upon-this-body-as-a-machine-advance-preview.oembed","provider":"Foster\/White Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}